Summer 2021
Virtual Meeting
June 17, 2021
Summer 2021
Who
FACT Network
When
June 17, 2021
Where
Virtual
Meeting Summary
Our one day virtual meeting included FACT business and member updates with a special afternoon session on the FACT Data Visualization Tool (DaViT). This interactive mapping tool will allow the public to see the range and distribution of FACT tagged animals.
Meeting Poster by Sharking Daily
FACT Business
We welcomed our first Steering Committee, consisting of 5 members.
The FACT User Agreement was updated to include an anti-discrimination policy.
The Steering Committee is continuing to develop FACT’s 5 year strategic plan.
Data Updates
The Node is now also accepting glider projects and environmental data.
The next data push is July 8th, 2021.
DaViT
The second session of our meeting focused on the Data Visualization Tool (DaViT).
We reviewed:
- Why making data publicly available is important
- How this tool will benefit researchers
- How the tool works and protects sensitive species and data
- Reviewed stakeholder survey results for tool usage
- Tool demo
We finished up with breakout groups to hear from our members about things they liked, had concerns about, and recommendations for the DaViT.
2021 Node in Numbers (So Far)
191 Million Detections
7,272 Acoustic Tags
105 Species
144 Registered Projects
1,959 Stations